The victory of the Blues against Serbia had left intact the chances of qualifying for the Final 8 of the League of Nations but the hopes could have flown away Sunday in the early morning French time: beaten by the United States (25-23 , 27-25, 27-25), the French team no longer had its destiny in … Read more
If Novak Djokovic crushes the competition on the grass of Wimbledon, it is essentially for three reasons: 1. He serves like Roger Federer; 2. He returns as Jimmy Connors; 3. He moves like Lleyton Hewitt. Combined, these three exceptional qualities make him almost untouchable. Over the past five or six years, his service has progressed … Read more
After their very large victory in the round of 16 against Madagascar in the round of 16 on Wednesday (119-56), the Bleuets largely dominated Serbia on Friday in the quarter-finals (98-59). In the semi-finals, they will face the United States, defending champions, this Saturday. Aggressive in defense, always present in the racket, more precise in … Read more
Athing Mu, the double Olympic champion in the 800m and 4x400m, is set to make her competitive debut this year on Saturday night in New York. Mu has not competed since July 2022, where she claimed the title of world champion in the 800m in Eugene. However, she revealed in a podcast last March that … Read more
Last Wednesday, during match 1 of the Betclic Elite accession play-off (Saint-Quentin, first in Pro B, is already promoted), Chalon-sur-Saône was dominated at home by Châlons-Reims (77-70) . The Burgundians had no choice, Saturday in match 2: victory or let his opponent join the elite. But Chalon did not tremble and in turn won (72-63) … Read more
This time, the new coach will not announce that “within two years, Nice should regularly finish in the top three, even more”. The sentence uttered by Lucien Favre last summer, on the occasion of his hopeful return to the Gym bench, seems very far away. A year ago, driven by the ambition of Ineos and … Read more
The Vegas Golden Knights escape to the NHL Finals. Monday at home, in Game 2, they inflicted a correction on the Florida Panthers (7-2). The Nevada franchise leads two wins to zero now. At the end of the second period, the score was already 4-0, in his favor, after goals from Jonathan Marchessault, Alec Martinez, … Read more
More effective and dominating in the second half, the Perpignanais managed not without difficulty to win at the Stade des Alpes against Grenoble, Saturday evening, in the accession play-off (19-33). They scored four tries against only one conceded, of course, but the Isérois nevertheless sold their skin dearly to lead 16-11 until the 50th before … Read more
They remained haggard for long minutes on the warm-up ground, at the foot of the imposing Rathausplatz town hall in the Gothic style. A frustrating defeat because the blue quartet came so close to the feat, eliminating the American team in the quarter-finals of the 3×3 Basketball World Cup in Vienna. But Jimmer Fredette (7 … Read more
Panting to the end. The very last Swiss basket with 2 points at the buzzer will not change anything, France dominated Switzerland by nothing (19-18), this Saturday, in the round of 16 of the 3×3 Basketball World Cup. If the French world champions have firmly validated their place in the quarterfinals an hour earlier, their … Read more